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By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 2/1/2001

Bar coding 101

Do you have questions about bar coding that you're afraid to ask? Bar Coding for Beginners will tell you what you need to know, how to get started, and what is the first thing you should do.

The 8-pg brochure covers subjects that may have puzzled and confused you, such as the bars and spaces printed on shipping labels. It also offers a better understanding of the technology so you can better plan for your own bar coding applications.

The benefits, such as improved productivity and ultimately higher profit margins, are covered as well.
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
800-722-6234

Web portal a library of knowledge

There is now a Web portal that offers you 24 hr access to engineering expertise in materials handling, logistics, manufacturing processes, packaging, and transportation.

The Institute St. Onge, a division of St. Onge Co., is a subscription-only knowledge center portal that offers real-world experience in materials handling that is supported by invaluable value-added services, says company president Arthur St. Onge.

Features include a search engine for focused responses; advanced operations techniques and methods; Web-based training and certification; critiques of trends in technology, concepts, and applications; and customized research.
Institute St. Onge
717-840-8181

Not sure what CLM can do for you?

Here's your chance to find out exactly what the Council of Logistics Management (CLM), a professional association of logistics personnel, can do for you. The 2001 version of What It's All About outlines the purpose, objectives, programs, and policies of CLM.

The 28-pg booklet covers the educational mission of the Council-to serve the evolving logistics profession by developing, advancing, and disseminating logistics knowledge.

Details are provided on current research projects including interactive supply chain education and the management of cultural change within logistics. Completed research studies are also discussed, such as Logistics Outsourcing - A Management Guide, and Precipice.
Council of Logistics Management
630-574-0985